Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for fabricating a hybrid contact lens product having a lens insert embedded at a precisely controlled location within a lens body. A mold engagement and support base engages and retains a lens forming mold in a substantially fixed position. An insert placement and positioning device includes an insert pickup head with a contact face configured for releasable engagement of the lens insert and at least one suction opening in the contact face for applying suction to engage the insert on the contact face. A positioning housing interacts with the mold and/or the support base to provide precise locational positioning of the lens insert within the mold. A lens body forming material is delivered to the mold to encapsulate the lens insert.

A mold element (350) is fabricated (305, 310, 315) using a first mold (5) with which microstructures (323) are integrally formed in relief on the mold element (350). A lens (340) is cast (320, 325, 330, 335) using a second mold (7) that includes the mold element (350) such that the microstructures (337) are integrally formed on the lens (340).

An ophthalmic lens molding shell (30) having two main faces (31, 32) and an edge face (33) surrounding the main faces, a first of said main faces being adapted to face another molding shell during the molding of the ophthalmic lens. The ophthalmic lens molding shell also comprises: a flat facet (34) extending along an outer edge of the first main face, and a first chamfer (36) extending along an outer edge of the flat facet, between said flat facet and said edge face.

Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for fabricating a hybrid contact lens product having a lens insert embedded at a precisely controlled location within a lens body. A mold engagement and support base engages and retains a lens forming mold in a substantially fixed position. An insert placement and positioning device includes an insert pickup head with a contact face configured for releasable engagement of the lens insert and at least one suction opening in the contact face for applying suction to engage the insert on the contact face. A positioning housing interacts with the mold and/or the support base to provide precise locational positioning of the lens insert within the mold. A lens body forming material is delivered to the mold to encapsulate the lens insert.

A method of forming a mold insert used to produce an intraocular lens (IOL) mold is disclosed herein. The method includes providing stock material and cutting the stock material, which includes multiple cutting steps. The cutting steps are performed on transitional regions of supporting portions of the mold insert. Peripheral surfaces of the mold insert have varying roughness values, and supporting portions of the mold insert have a greater roughness than the optical portion of the mold insert. An IOL is also disclosed herein that is formed using an IOL mold that is injection molded using the mold insert. A method of forming the IOL is also disclosed herein.

A composite mold for manufacturing a thermoset optical article which is usable as an ophthalmic lens substrate and which comprises a microstructured main surface, to a method for manufacturing such a thermoset optical article, and to a method for obtaining the composite mold. The composite mold (1) comprises:.Math.a mineral first outer mold part (2) having a first inner surface (2a), and.Math.an organic molding film (4) detachably bonded to the first inner surface (2a) and having a microstructured pattern configured to directly form said microstructured main surface after casting the thermosetting material (6) in contact with the organic molding film (4). The organic molding film (4) is hydrophobic at least on said microstructured pattern, and has a thickness of between 10 nm and 500.sub.1-1m.

Apparatus (1) for heat treatment of at least one lens body (3), the apparatus (1) comprising-at least one mold assembly (7) for casting a lens, each mold assembly (7) comprising a first mold member (9) and a second mold member (9), the first and second mold members (9) being arranged to hold the lens body (3) between them,at least one induction coil (15) disposed facing the at least one mold assembly (7), anda temperature control unit (17) configured to monitor a temperature in the mold assembly (7), wherein at least one from the first mold member (9) and the second mold member (9) comprises at least one metallic part (11, 25, 29) made of a metallic material, the induction coil (15) being configured to generate a magnetic field when supplied with electrical current and generate heat in each metallic part of each mold assembly (7).